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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1969
Page
6
Markets report hogs, cattle, veal, cows, bulls, sheep with varied weights and grades. Prices span highs for top grades and lows for leaner categories across Kansas City and Chicago, noting shifts in steers, heifers, feeders, hogs, sows, and lambs alongside butter and eggs.
Stocks slide toward noon with 805 declines and 343 advances. Dow Jones average drops 4.49 to 788.54 as analysts expect further losses amid tight money policy. Glamor shares mixed and Litton Industries trading halted after lower October quarter earnings report.
Funeral services for Fred T Mosier were held Saturday afternoon at John the Chapel with Dr Duff Wagoner officiating. Honorary bearers included Seth Farwell and Russell Davidson. active pallbearers were Earl Wible and Kenneth Brown. Burial followed at Greenlawn Memorial Park Cemetery with American Legion military rites.
State Fire Marshal Arthur Ramey in Topeka warns Christmas season home fires loom high. Review safety steps including water in tree stands, keep trees away from heat, use US labeled lighting, discard browning trees outdoors, promptly dispose gift wrap, avoid flammable decorative materials, supervise electric toys, and ensure an escape plan from upper floors.
Parson s Kan AP The NAACP and other groups propose Evelyn Harper Atchison teacher and Kansas State Teachers Association vice president for one of three upcoming appointments to the state board of regents. Dr Charles Roquemore Wellington says no Negro has yet served on the nine member board. He notes Negroes serve on local school boards in Kansas.
The Supreme Court declines to reconsider its October decision requiring Mississippi school districts to operate unitary schools immediately. A New Orleans circuit court followed with desegregation orders for 27 districts by year end and three more by next fall. The state had urged due process concerns over HEW plans and lack of a court hearing.
Eight noninjury crashes were reported in the Chanute area on a wet weekend. Incidents included a Dodge rear ending an Oldsmobile on K39 near Chanute, a Chevrolet leaving US169 south of Chanute, and a Ford on US169 north of Thayer, all with modest damages. Other notes include a stolen guitar from a car near Erie and an unidentified sideswipe on Fifth and Steuben.
Rudolf Friml marked his 90th birthday at the Shubert Theater with a two hour program, The First 90 Years with Friml, produced by the American Society of Composers Authors and Publishers. Peter Lind Hayes narrated as Friml performed his hits including Indian Love Call and The Vagabond King while guests and performers such as Allan Jones and Ogden Nash attended.
Thirty five metre squad members briefed on the death of 24 year old Karen Kimmerly whose frozen nude body was found in rural Johnson County Kansas. An autopsy gave inclusive results and laboratory tests were ordered to determine the cause of death. The coroner said she had been dead about two days and appeared not to have been raped.
Five Cub Scouts under Mrs. Gar lands Isaacs and Mrs. Ray Cummings met Thursday afternoon at St Patrick's Church. Following the flag salute, games were played. Christmas presents were started for parents and refreshments were served.
Arlene Matney of Lavonburg Ron Heilman of Thayer and Laird Leverenz of 712 W Main guided Senior Day events at Kansas State College of Pittsburg on November 20. Tom McDaniel 115 N Highland displayed about 25 works at First National Bank through Wednesday. McDaniel a senior pursuing a BFA plans commercial art work after graduation and is a former Erie resident. His wife Anita a NCCJC graduate teaches at Royster Junior High.
Kaleidoscope opened in Parsons as a youth oriented art exhibit and studio workshop. The program, designed for children 4 to 12, runs daily 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. with weekend drop ins, sponsored by Parsons Optimist Club at Fox Hall St. John’s Episcopal Church and created by Hallmark Cards Inc. of Kansas City.
Neosho Memorial Hospital lists visiting hours 2 to 4 pm and 6 30 to pm with a patient census of 48 adults and pediatrics and three babies. A long list of patient names and home towns appears alongside births court actions and traffic citations from city court and highway patrol records.
The Se Kan Area Council of Boy Scouts of America held its annual meeting at Wig's restaurant. A new charter by laws and articles were approved and Norman Castagna of Independence was named council president for 1970 with a slate of officers and directors from Coffeyville Independence Neodesha Chanute Fredonia Humboldt and Iola.
A local program begins this week in Parsons to help school age children. Mothers from St Marys and St Patricks parochial schools will pilot the plan with one designated mother per block and a visible card in the home window.
Mr. and Mrs. Cruz Jimenez of Humboldt receive posthumous honors for their son Eduardo Jimenez who was killed in action March 8, 1968, at Quang Tri Vietnam. The Military Merit Medal and Gallantry Cross with Palm were sent by Adjutant General Kenneth Wickham and the Republic of Vietnam. The Purple Heart will follow.
The Chanute Board of Zoning Appeals schedules a public hearing for December 18, 1969 at 7:00 p.m. in the Memorial Building to decide the appeal by Mr and Mrs Albert Tutile regarding a permit denial to place a mobile home on Lots 5 and 6, Block 14 Evergreen Park Addition. Ralph H Caldwell is Zoning Administrator.
Chanute Kansas city governing body resolves to build a sanitary sewer from a manhole 40 feet south of Beech Street through Western Avenue to West Beech, then 400 feet north and 400 feet east. Estimated cost $6,536 to property owners in the district. Boundaries outlined in the SE quarter of the SW quarter of section 17, township 27, range 18.
Neosho County Kansas council adopts an improvement district plan with 100 percent cost apportioned to the district. The ordinance, adopted November 10 1969, describes parcel boundaries and assessment method under state law. City officials sign and seal the measure.
The Kansas Secretary of State certifies Kus tom Research & Development Inc dissolved. Registered office in Chanute Neosho County Kansas. dissolution resolution filed December 4 1969. Assistant Secretary Hart Workman signs for Elwin M Shanahan.
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